mission

IPA: mˈɪʃʌn

(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
(uncountable) Religious evangelism.
(in the plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
(countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
(obsolete) Dismissal; discharge from service
A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
(slang, drugs) A drug run.
A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
A neighborhood of San Francisco.

Examples of "mission" in Sentences

Our main mission is to destroy the capabilities of AQ/Taliban.
For more information about our mission, see the �mission� section, immediately below, on this page.
Our main mission is to attend the funeral services of fallen American heroes as invited guests of the family.
It's hard to believe that the Bush operatives -- whose main mission is politics not policy -- would not abuse their power.
“The main mission is [vaccine] development for the American war fighter,” says Colonel Samuel Martin, commander of Walter Reed in Kenya.
Winner of impressive awards, their main mission is to constantly conduct research in order to come up with new and improved “intelligent solutions”.
The farthest North humans have gotten pre-searing is shown in The Flight North mission * Gwen's BMP mission*, which is right at the boarder of seared land and lush green.
It is for this reason that, without reference to obedience, the term mission becomes difficult to understand and is exposed to the risk of being reduced to something that refers only to those developing the mission.
June 15th, 2006 at 11: 16 am amy says: absolutely. their main mission is only to keep the issue on the front page thru the 08 elections. which they will one way or another. whether some people like it or not it is an imortant issue to them. and there are millions of them. and they vote